Berwyn warned of big bump in taxes if referendum passes

A
taxpayer advocacy group is warning Berwyn residents that they could
see their property taxes jump 17 percent if they approve a South
Berwyn School District 100 referendum on Tuesday.

In a flier, Taxpayers
United of America (TUA) said
voters
smartly
knocked down
property tax and
bond
referendums
in November 2014, and they should do it again.

Voters
in Berwyn, Evanston, Hinsdale and Oak Park face government school
property tax increase referendums, while Coal City and Lynwood will
vote on home rule referendums. The TUA said
voters should shoot them all down.

“Whether
the proposal to voters is to enact home rule, which gives unlimited
taxing authority to local bureaucrats, or to issue tens of millions
of dollars in new bonds and raise property taxes, taxpayers in these
six communities must reject these seven referenda on the April 4
ballot to avoid disastrous increases to their property tax bills,”
TUA President Jim Tobin said.

Last
year, the
school district
collected $13.3 million in property taxes, and the
referendum
would
add
$2.2 million, TUA said. A home valued at $200,000 would have a property tax
increase of more than $300 a
year,
according to the flier.

“Illinois
has one of the highest foreclosure rates in the country," Tobin
said. "You have to wonder how many people could have stayed in
their homes if the property taxes weren’t so high – the highest
property taxes in the country."

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